This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Alex Ritson, and in the early hours of Tuesday,

the 10th of October, these are our main stories.

Israel's missiles rain down on the Gaza Strip in retaliation for Saturday's deadly Hamas attack.

The Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Monday's air strikes are just the beginning,

while the UN urges restraint.

While I recognise Israel's legitimate security concerns,

I also remind Israel that military operations must be conducted

in strict accordance with international humanitarian law.

900 Israelis are now confirmed to have been killed.

Israel's strikes on Gaza are said to have killed almost 700 Palestinians.

Gaza is only 365 square kilometers.

We have nowhere to go. There is no place safe for cousins.

Also, in this podcast, the search continues for survivors of Afghanistan's deadly earthquake.

A study on equal pay for women through history wins the Nobel Prize for Economics,

and how the Kenyan athlete Kelvin Kiptum knocked more than half a minute off the men's marathon

world record.

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned his country's response to the deadly

attacks by Hamas gunmen at the weekend will be terrible and will change the Middle East.

This is only the beginning, he said. Later on Monday, in an address to the nation,

Mr Netanyahu called on opposition parties to join a national unity government.

He added that Israel was now engaged in a war to ensure its existence.

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